Example sentences of "[noun] he [vb past] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Leiden he met his lifelong friend and correspondent , the Dutch poet and diplomat , Constantine Huygens . |
| 2 | Although Keane continues to develop into the most potent midfield player in English football he found himself short of powerful reinforcements yesterday . |
| 3 | And yet that high broad forehead was his , the little tilted nose was his , his the pointed — although in her case , flat — ears , and in her huge eyes he saw his own little ones . |
| 4 | This courage was to later re-emerge when , as an adviser , he fought to bring about educational change and improved resources , or , when against opposition he backed his own judgement at an appointment interview , or the courage to back a teacher in difficulty from whom others had withdrawn support . |
| 5 | As her arms went around his neck he held her close . |
| 6 | For Euripides , understanding generated all enjoyment and creation , but at the heart of tragedy he saw something inexplicable and altogether " incommensurable " with the workings of reason . |
| 7 | In later years , when he was in the position of having to counsel others he found that these doubts were quite common , and in answering their doubts he answered his own as well ! |
| 8 | In spite of our obtrusive entry he made us welcome , inviting us in and lighting a fire . |
| 9 | Anyway , the mosque was one of the many subjects he felt it safest to avoid until he had plucked up the courage to go into one . |
| 10 | In Hungary he got his first win — by almost a lap over the entire field — and in Belgium last week he did it again , although not without some drama . |
| 11 | Just before half-time he slid his easiest opportunity wide , then turned his back in favour of Mike Marsh after Hutchison was fouled for a penalty six minutes from time that clinched a fourth-round tie with Crystal Palace . |
| 12 | Near nightfall he saw his younger sister Katya come out of the kitchens into the yard , saw her empty some slops for the few chickens who scuttled about . |
| 13 | Glancing at Galvone he saw something different . |
| 14 | But in practice he found himself able to control the Residents only by appointing men he deemed to be sufficiently compliant , an expedient to which he resorted when Temple retired prematurely from the service in 1917 . |
| 15 | In recent months he accepted his increasing illness with an admirable fortitude and resignation . |
| 16 | Heaving his body up to his feet he left his cool sanctuary and ambled over towards them . |
| 17 | He was born in Capel Curig in 1906 , and in that village he spent his whole life . |
| 18 | In December he became a cardinal ; and the following February he followed his old master de Gasparri as Secretary of State . |
| 19 | In May he prepared his own aircraft for flight from the local farm . |
| 20 | By January Waites was practising his putting , in April he walked his first 18 holes over his own club at Hollinwell and in May he played his first round , shooting a 78 . |
| 21 | Secure in the backing of an army corps and a party in Madrid the king refused to recognize the authority of the Regency ; on 4 May he published his first decree declaring the work of the Cortes null and void and adopting a modification of the Persian programme . |
| 22 | As Creator He began it all ; as all-powerful He sustains it all ; as judge of the world He will complete it all and bring it to its consummation . |
| 23 | With a long sigh he drew her close , his lips seeking hers . |
| 24 | He won the Two Thousand Guineas on Shotover for John Porter of Kingsclere in 1882 and on Shotover he won his only Derby , also in 1882 . |
| 25 | In return he gave them other ground at the rear of the church and also on the right-hand side of the new road and bordering Killicomaine Road . |
| 26 | At the end of the last war he found himself some French creature and went to live with her , and so far as we know , he 's still in France . ’ |
| 27 | Carson skipped back nimbly enough when the glass cloudburst fountained out past him , and for a moment he felt something soft push against his foot . |
| 28 | After a moment he raised his dark head to look quizzically into the wide golden eyes fixed on him . |
| 29 | Sharpe tried to draw his own sword , but the moment he took his right hand off the reins he almost fell and the mare immediately tried to check . |
| 30 | Flowers looked a figure of total confidence from the moment he made his first save from Brazilian skipper Rai . |